Released on 17 March 2025 under the Apache 2.0 licence, Mistral’s Small 3.1 model marks a significant advancement in artificial intelligence technology. This 24-billion-parameter model delivers improved text generation performance, enhanced multimodal capabilities, and an expanded context window of 128,000 tokens, while maintaining an inference speed
Tibor Szécsényi and Nándor Virág, researchers at the University of Szeged, have explored the context sensitivity of the huBERT language model in pragmatic annotation, focusing in particular on the automatic identification of imperative verb functions. Their study, conducted on the MedCollect corpus—a dataset of health-related misinformation—investigates how both
On 28 January 2025, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Gov, a dedicated AI platform developed specifically for US government agencies. Delivered via Microsoft Azure’s cloud services, the platform provides access to OpenAI’s most advanced language models for public sector use. ChatGPT Gov enables government bodies to adopt AI technologies while
On 16 March 2025, Baidu unveiled its two latest artificial intelligence models: the ERNIE 4.5 multimodal foundation model and the ERNIE X1 reasoning model. These new models represent a significant leap forward in multimodal and reasoning AI while offering solutions that are just a fraction of the cost of
At the 2025 GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Nvidia outlined its plans for developing the next generation of data centre GPUs. The AI architecture, named Vera Rubin, is expected to debut in the second half of 2026 and promises a significant performance boost compared to the current Blackwell chips. The Vera
On 20 March 2025, Anthropic announced that its artificial intelligence assistant, Claude, is now capable of internet browsing, significantly expanding the chatbot’s functionality and access to up-to-date information. With the new feature, Claude automatically searches for and processes relevant internet sources and then responds with direct links that allow
On 17 February 2025, Chinese company StepFun publicly released its open-source text-to-video generation model, Step-Video-T2V, featuring 30 billion parameters. Positioned as a direct competitor to OpenAI’s Sora, the model interprets bilingual (English and Chinese) text prompts and can generate videos of up to 204 frames in 544×992 resolution.
On 12th March 2025, Google unveiled its open-source artificial intelligence model family called Gemma 3, which utilises technology based on the Gemini 2.0 models and delivers exceptional performance whilst running on just a single GPU or TPU device. The model's outstanding capabilities include support for 140 languages,
On 19 March 2025, the European Commission announced antitrust proceedings against Google and Apple for violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is threatening the EU with tariffs in response to its tough stance against American tech giants. The Commission’s investigation found that Google
The Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on 26th January 2023 is gaining increasing significance in regulating GenAI. The framework is built on four primary functions—governance, mapping, measurement, and management—which assist organisations in developing and evaluating trustworthy
In January 2025, Perplexity announced the integration of the DeepSeek R1 model into its platform, potentially bringing revolutionary change to AI-based searches. The Chinese-developed model, which runs exclusively on American and European servers, is not only more cost-effective than its competitors but also outperforms them in terms of performance whilst
In February 2025, the OECD released its report titled "Towards a Common Reporting Framework for AI Incidents", which proposes a unified international system for reporting and monitoring artificial intelligence-related events. This initiative responds to growing risks such as discrimination, data protection violations, and security issues. The report defines
